UPHESC Assistant Professor Music Tabla 17 Apr 2025 Shift 1 – Question Paper

Concept: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore flew to the ISS on Boeing Starliner's first crewed test flight (June 2024).

1. Starliner developed thruster problems and returned to Earth empty; their 8-day mission stretched to about 9 months.
2. Both came back on SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon (with Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov), splashing down off Florida on 18–19 March 2025.
3. Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen are Artemis II crew; John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth (1962).

Short trick: Starliner duo = "Suni & Butch".

Concept: A theka is the basic bol-structure of a taal; it must show matra, vibhag, sam, tali and khali.

1. Sam, khali and vibhag are built into every theka – without them the taal cannot be recognised.
2. Mukhada is a short ornamental phrase played before sam; it is an optional embellishment, not part of the theka.

Short trick: Theka = skeleton (sam-tali-khali-vibhag); Mukhada = decoration.